Jack Monroe's cauliflower carbonara. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

This is part spaghetti carbonara, part cauliflower cheese – and deliciously golden and moreish. Baking it at the end to melt the cheese isn't essential, but does lift it to a better place. Using hard, strong cheese means that you don't need very much of it, a trick I use quite often. I mean, what is the point of mild cheddar?